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Title

PREVALENCE AND PERSONAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SELF-HARM IN ADOLESCENTS.

Authors

Bezerra, Kalyne Araújo; de Sousa Lima, Joyce; Tavares, Gustavo de Oliveira; de Oliveira, Vinícius Rodrigues; de Medeiros, Soraya Maria; Albuquerque de Oliveira, Jonas Sâmi

Abstract

Objective: To identify the prevalence and personal factors associated with self-harm in adolescents. Method: A cross-sectional analytical observational study. The population consisted of notifications of interpersonal or self-harm violence in adolescents in Brazil from the Notifiable Diseases Information System. Notifications between 2009 and 2021 in Brazil were included in adolescents aged 10 to 19. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The prevalence of self-harm was 27.39% in Brazil. Black adolescents increase the prevalence of self-harm violence by 3% and brown and indigenous adolescents by 2%; more than eight years of schooling is a protective factor in relation to self-harm violence, reducing the prevalence of self-inflicted violence by 12%. Conclusion: The results indicate the need for effective policies and strategies to help care for this public.

Subjects

BRAZIL; SELF-injurious behavior; RISK assessment; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH funding; SCIENTIFIC observation; DISEASE prevalence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH; ADOLESCENCE

Publication

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2024, Vol 29, p1

ISSN

1414-8536

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1590/ce.v29i0.93558